J 2014

The framing of unconventional natural gas resources in the foreign energy policy discourse of the Russian Federation

OCELÍK, Petr and Jan OSIČKA

Basic information

Original name

The framing of unconventional natural gas resources in the foreign energy policy discourse of the Russian Federation

Authors

OCELÍK, Petr (203 Czech Republic, guarantor, belonging to the institution) and Jan OSIČKA (203 Czech Republic, belonging to the institution)

Edition

Energy Policy, Elsevier Science, 2014, 0301-4215

Other information

Language

English

Type of outcome

Článek v odborném periodiku

Field of Study

50601 Political science

Country of publisher

United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland

Confidentiality degree

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

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Impact factor

Impact factor: 2.575

RIV identification code

RIV/00216224:14230/14:00075675

Organization unit

Faculty of Social Studies

DOI

UT WoS

000338817200010

Keywords in English

Unconventional natural gas resources;Russian Federation;Foreign energy policy
Změněno: 28/4/2015 13:09, Ing. Alena Raisová

Abstract

V originále

The advent of unconventional resources of natural gas has altered the order on global as well as continental gas markets. With rising liquidity, the position of established dominant suppliers is eroding. We focus on the initial response of Russia, the leading supplier of natural gas to Europe, to the new situation, building the research on unit-level constructivism and discourse analysis. We use frame analysis to reveal what image of unconventional resources was constructed in Russian foreign energy policy discourse (FEPD) in the period between 2009 and 2011, when the “unconventional revolution” did not yet have any sharp contours. We conclude that in Russian FEPD the unconventionals are considered as a distinctive and inferior source of energy compared to conventional natural gas. Emphasis is put on their economic irrationality and environmental hazards. The bottom line of the discourse is the idea that there is a choice between conventional and unconventional sources, with this choice being framed as one between good and bad, or right and wrong.

Links

MUNI/A/0754/2012, interní kód MU
Name: Aktuální otázky evropské a mezinárodní politiky
Investor: Masaryk University, Category A
MUNI/M/0081/2013, interní kód MU
Name: Energetická infrastruktura a její vliv na energetickou bezpečnost
Investor: Masaryk University, INTERDISCIPLINARY - Interdisciplinary research projects